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Learn moreTo his successful examinations of some of the most powerful forces in
modern life—envy, ambition, snobbery, friendship—the keen observer
and critic Joseph Epstein now adds Gossip. No trivial matter,
despite its reputation, gossip, he argues, is an eternal and necessary
human enterprise. Proving that he himself is a master of the art,
Epstein serves up delightful mini-biographies of the Great Gossips of
the Western World along with many choice bits from his own experience.
He also makes a powerful case that gossip has morphed from its
old-fashioned best—clever, mocking, a great private pleasure—to a
corrosive new-school version, thanks to the reach of the mass media and
the Internet. Gossip has invaded and changed for the worse politics and
journalism, causing unsubstantiated information to be presented as fact.
Contemporary gossip claims to reveal truth, but as Epstein shows, it's
our belief in truth that gossip today threatens to undermine and
destroy.
Joseph Epstein is the bestselling author of books including Snobbery and Friendship. He was formerly editor of the American Scholar, and his work has appeared in the New Yorker, Harper's, the Atlantic, and other magazines. Joseph lives in Evanston, Illinois.
Arthur Morey has recorded over two hundred audiobooks in history, fiction, science, business, and religion, earning a number of AudioFile Earphones Awards and two Audie Award nominations. He was an editor at two publishers and taught writing at Northwestern University. His plays and songs have been produced in New York, Chicago, and Milan, where he has also performed. Arthur attended Harvard and the University of Chicago.